A dense morning fog hides statues flanking the river on both sides and wraps the castle in a shroud, hiding its glory from the small crowd that leaves the medieval town to cross the Gothic bridge of stone. We dodge each oncoming tourist, each phantom emerging from the mist, make our way to a coffee […]
Sea and Flowers
coming to sea cliffs the off-shore breeze raises a flower fragrance Jane Reichhold seasoned with salt and sunshine a single parasol blooms Kim M. Russell, 28th May 2019 My response to Carpe Diem #1668 Tan Renga Challenge Month May 2019 (15): flower […]
Lest We Forget
I’m not one for parades or any kind of gathering where there are crowds of people – they panic me, and I feel unsafe. I prefer to keep the memory of the people who died at war with a poppy on 11th November, known as Remembrance Sunday. There are many kinds of poppy these days, […]
Hibiscus Eater
unable to get hibiscus red the artist eats the flower Raymond Roseliep it flows out vivid crimson blooms into inky haiku Kim M. Russell, 26th May 2019 My response to Carpe Diem #1667 Tan Renga Challenge Month May 2019 (14): Hibiscus […]
Breathing Utopian Air
honeysuckle pervades in the night darkened garden sunset afterglow Kim M. Russell, 26th May 2019 My response to Carpe Diem Weekend Meditation #86 A New Feature: Carpe Diem’s Utopia This weekend we are meditating with a new feature: Carpe Diem’s Utopia, based on the idea of a perfect place, community or society. The goal […]
The Lawless Season
In the midst of human lawlessness, we revel in spring’s lawlessness. Flares of yellow furze bushes are ignited by spring’s lawlessness. Fragrant frothing apple trees rejoice in nature’s lawlessness. Oaks are bursting into leaf, awakened by the lawlessness. Brambles break through wind-blown fences thorny-sharp with lawlessness. Every morning birds awake us singing praise to lawlessness. […]
Light
an overcast sky threatening and ribbed with cloud always a surprise with sudden bursts of sunlight or tides of silvery moon Kim M. Russell, 23rd May 2019 My response to Poets United Midweek Motif: Light Sumana is hosting this week and she has brought us a rich range of quotations and poems about light. She […]
Waiting for the Wind
The sky above the fields is patched with clouds; the pale and wild blue yonder gapes through ragged holes, wrestling with purple mist to peep, making promises it may never keep. All the while, the green hill’s spine is stretched out on the far horizon, where it meets with heaven smiling at the steadfast grass […]
Another haiku in the Poetry Pea Podcast
Patricia has kindly included another of my haiku in this week’s podcast on ‘Weeds or Wildflowers’. Here is the link: S2 E10: Weeds or Wildflowers? There are notes to accompany the podcast, in which you can read haiku and senryu on the topic of weeds, together with brief information about the poets. The topic for […]
Rich Tapestry
Vast fields billow like an awning with stripes of green and brown, a landscape spring ploughed, rudely rich and ready for sowing: an elaborate rural tapestry to make a weaver proud. A few small stitches in the sky mark a lark that’s passing by. Kim M. Russell, 20th May 2019 This Monday I’m hosting the […]
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